1956 in jazz
| 1956 in jazz | |
|---|---|
 Musicians performing in Tom's Tavern club at Gonzalez and Railroad streets: Pensacola, Florida, 1956 | |
| Decade | 1950s in jazz |
| Music | 1956 in music |
| Standards | List of post-1950 jazz standards |
| See also | 1955 in jazz – 1957 in jazz |
1956 in jazz:
Album releases
- Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus
- Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa
- Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners
- Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
- George Russell:The Jazz Workshop
- Lennie Tristano: Manhattan Studio/ New York Improvisations
- Max Roach: Plus Four
- John Lewis: Grand Encounter
- Horace Silver: Six Pieces of Silver
- Kenny Burrell: All Night Long
- Lucky Thompson: Tricotism
- Phineas Newborn: Piano Artistry
- Miles Davis: Round About Midnight
- Zoot Sims: Tonite's Music Today
- Mel Torme: Touch
- Quincy Jones: This Is How I Feel About Jazz
- Stan Kenton: Cuban Fire
- Jimmy Giuffre: The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
- Jimmy Smith: A New Star A New Sound
- Cecil Taylor: Jazz Advance
Standards
See also: List of post-1950 jazz standards
Deaths
- Achille Baquet, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
- Adrian Rollini, played the bass saxophone, piano, xylophone and many other instruments.
- Alex Hyde, American jazz bandleader and violinist
- Art Tatum, American jazz pianist and virtuoso
- Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter
- Don Kirkpatrick, American jazz pianist and arranger
- Frankie Trumbauer, American jazz saxophonists
- Fred Rich, Polish-born American bandleader and composer
- Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader
- Joe Appleton, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist from the West Indies.
- Richie Powell, American bebop jazz pianist.
- Tommy Dorsey, American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer and bandleader
- Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter
- Valaida Snow, African-American jazz musician and entertainer
Births
Mary Coughlan performing live
- Aaron Scott, American composer and jazz drummer
- Alex Cline, American jazz drummer
- Anna Lyman, Canadian Jazz, Latin Vocalist composer, and recording artist of Mexican American extraction
- Bill Cunliffe, American jazz pianist and composer
- Bob Belden, American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and producer
- Brian Lynch, American trumpeter
- Bruce Forman, American jazz guitarist
- Curtis Lundy, American double-bass player
- Denardo Coleman, American jazz drummer
- Denise Jannah, Dutch jazz vocalist
- Dianne Reeves, American jazz singer
- Doug Raney, American jazz guitarist
- Frank Kimbrough, American jazz pianist
- Franklin Kiermyer, Canadian drummer, composer and bandleader
- Gary Smulyan, American baritone saxophonist
- Hein van de Geyn, Dutch bassist, composer and band leader
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American free jazz bassist
- Jane Bunnett, Canadian soprano saxophonist, flautist and bandleader
- John Jorgenson, American guitarist
- Karl Denson, American jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist
- Kermit Driscoll, American bassist
- Kevin Norton, American percussionist and composer
- Lee Pui Ming, Hong Kong-born American pianist, vocalist, and composer
- Liz Story, American pianist and composer
- Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
- Lucien Barbarin, American trombone player
- Maria João, Portuguese jazz singer
- Mary Coughlan, Irish jazz and folk singer and actress
- Mathias Claus, German jazz pianist and composer
- Michael Hashim, American jazz alto saxophonist
- Mike LeDonne, American pianist and organist
- Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian jazz pianist
- Mitchel Forman, jazz and fusion keyboard player
- Ned Rothenberg, American multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
- Nicola Stilo, jazz and pop flutist, guitarist and pianist
- Nils Landgren, Swedish trombone player
- Quanti Bomani, Afro-Caribbean multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Randy Johnston, American guitarist
- Raoul Björkenheim, Finnish-American jazz guitarist
- Steve Coleman, African-American saxophone player, composer and band leader
- Steve Dobrogosz, American pianist and composer
- Steve Williams (jazz drummer),
- T Lavitz, American keyboardist, composer and producer
- Tim Landers, American bass guitarist, composer and record producer
- Uri Caine, American pianist and composer
- Wayne Krantz, American guitarist
- Zeena Parkins, American harpist
References
Bibliography
- The New Real Book, Volume I. Sher Music. 1988. ISBN 0-9614701-4-3.
- The New Real Book, Volume II. Sher Music. 1991. ISBN 0-9614701-7-8.
- The New Real Book, Volume III. Sher Music. 1995. ISBN 1-883217-30-X.
- The Real Book, Volume I (6th ed.). Hal Leonard. 2004. ISBN 0-634-06038-4.
- The Real Book, Volume II (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2007. ISBN 1-4234-2452-2.
- The Real Book, Volume III (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06136-4.
- The Real Jazz Book. Warner Bros. ISBN 978-91-85041-36-7.
- The Real Vocal Book, Volume I. Hal Leonard. 2006. ISBN 0-634-06080-5.
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